Where does “argentinare” come from?
argentinare (Swedish) comes from Swedish -are, from Old Swedish -are, from Old Norse -ari, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.
argentinare (Swedish): an Argentinian
Ancestry of “argentinare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Swedish | -are | Regular construction of comparative: ful →... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | -are | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | -ari | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;... |
| 4 | Latin | -ārius | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | — |